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Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1484
Death Date: 1545-08-22

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Margaret (1466 - 1527/8)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1507-2-7
    Union ended: 1507
    Note: Union declared void on grounds of consanguinity
  2. Browne, Anne ( - 1512)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1508
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Brandon had earlier married or been contracted to marry Anne Browne (perhaps after 25 Sept. 1505), but abandoned her in order to marry Margaret Neville. After his marriage with Margaret was declared void, he publicly married Anne
  3. Tudor, Mary (1496 - 1533)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1515-2-4
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Date of private wedding; married publicly on 13 May 1515
  4. Willoughby, Katherine (1518/19 - 1580)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1534-9-7
    Union ended: n.d.
  5. Grey, Elizabeth (1504/5 - 1519)
    Type: other
    Union began: 1513
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Marriage contracted only

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 4th Duke of Suffolk

Titles

  • 5th Viscount Lisle
    Assumed: 1513-05-15
    Vacated: 1523-04-20 (date surrendered title)
  • 4th Duke of Suffolk
    Assumed: 1513/14-02-01
    Vacated: 1545-08-22
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1512-03-30
    Vacated: 1545-08-22
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1513-04-23 (dated elected)
    Vacated: 1545-08-22

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Chamberlain, North Wales 1509 -11 -22
Master of the King's Bench, England 1509/10 -1
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Surrey 1510/11
JP, Surrey 1510/11 1512
Marshal of the King's Household, England 1511 -11
JP, Suffolk 1511/12
JP, Norfolk 1511/12
Keeper, Essex 1512 -3 -29 1520/1 -03
Master of the Horse, England 1512 -10
Ranger, Hampshire 1512 -5 -3
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Surrey 1513
Privy Councillor, England 1513 -5 -15 1545 -08 -22
Steward, Gloucestershire 1513 -6 -6
Steward, Worcestershire 1513 -6 -6
Steward, Warwickshire 1513 -6 -6
Steward, Oxfordshire 1513 -6 -6
JP, Surrey 1513/14 1515
JP, Suffolk 1513/14 1515
JP, Norfolk 1514 1515
Steward, Worcestershire 1515 -6 -27
Steward, Warwickshire 1515 -6 -27
Steward, Gloucestershire 1515 -6 -27
Steward, Oxfordshire 1515 -6 -27
JP, Surrey 1520
JP, Suffolk 1520
JP, Surrey 1522
JP, Surrey 1523/4 1526
JP, Norfolk 1523/4
Earl Marshal, England 1524 -5 -21 1533 -05 -20
JP, Suffolk 1524
JP, Middlesex 1524
JP, Berkshire 1524/5 1526
JP, Oxfordshire 1525/6
JP, Suffolk 1525/6
JP, Middlesex 1525/6
JP, Norfolk 1525/6
JP, Middlesex 1528
JP, Surrey 1528
JP, Suffolk 1528/9
JP, Bedfordshire 1529 1530
President, Privy Council, England 1529/30 -2 1545 -08 -22
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Suffolk 1530
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Norwich 1530
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Oxfordshire 1530
JP, Cambridgeshire 1530
JP, Devon 1530
JP, Derbyshire 1530
JP, Dorset 1530
JP, Cumberland 1530
JP, Essex 1530
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1530
JP, Cornwall 1530
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1530
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1530
JP, Buckinghamshire 1530
JP, Berkshire 1530
JP, Nottinghamshire 1530/1
JP, Shropshire 1530/1
JP, Hampshire 1530/1
JP, Westmorland 1530/1
JP, Lincolnshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Huntingdonshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Sussex 1530/1 1532
JP, Rutland 1530/1
JP, Gloucestershire 1530/1
JP, Staffordshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Hertfordshire 1530/1
JP, Northumberland 1530/1 1532
JP, Somerset 1530/1
JP, Leicestershire 1530/1
JP, Herefordshire 1530/1
JP, Northamptonshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Oxfordshire 1530/1
JP, Middlesex 1530/1
JP, Surrey 1530/1
JP, Suffolk 1530/1
JP, Norfolk 1530/1
JP, Kent 1531
JP, Warwickshire 1531 1532
JP, Worcestershire 1531 1532
JP, Wiltshire 1531 1532
JP, Essex 1531/2
JP, Bedfordshire 1531/2
JP, Cornwall 1531/2
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1531/2
JP, Derbyshire 1531/2
JP, Buckinghamshire 1531/2
Chief Justice in Eyre, South of Trent 1534 -11 -27 1545 -08 -22
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1536
JP, Oxfordshire 1536 1537
JP, Northamptonshire 1536
JP, Rutland 1536
JP, Bedfordshire 1536
JP, Northumberland 1536
JP, Buckinghamshire 1536
JP, Shropshire 1536
JP, Cambridgeshire 1536
JP, Dorset 1536 1540
JP, Devon 1536
JP, Staffordshire 1536
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1536
JP, Cornwall 1536 1540
JP, Huntingdonshire 1536
JP, Lincolnshire 1536 1540
JP, Essex 1536
JP, Westmorland 1536/7
JP, Worcestershire 1536/7
JP, Wiltshire 1536/7 1539
JP, Warwickshire 1536/7 1539
JP, Derbyshire 1536/7 1539
JP, Middlesex 1537
JP, Nottinghamshire 1537 1538
JP, Gloucestershire 1537
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1537 1542
JP, Suffolk 1537 1539
JP, Hertfordshire 1537 1540
JP, Kent 1537 1540
JP, Northumberland 1537/8
JP, Somerset 1537/8 1541
JP, Sussex 1537/8
JP, Leicestershire 1537/8 1539
JP, Huntingdonshire 1537/8
JP, Cambridgeshire 1537/8 1539
JP, Cumberland 1537/8 1540
JP, Hampshire 1537/8
JP, Berkshire 1537/8
JP, Herefordshire 1537/8
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1538 1540
JP, Shropshire 1538 1539
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1538
JP, Staffordshire 1538
JP, Surrey 1538 1539
JP, Essex 1538
JP, Devon 1538 1541
JP, Northamptonshire 1538 1540
JP, Worcestershire 1538 1540
JP, Norfolk 1538
JP, Buckinghamshire 1539
JP, Gloucestershire 1539 1540
JP, Cheshire 1539 1540
JP, Essex 1539/40 1542
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cheshire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: North Riding 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1540
JP, Staffordshire 1540
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1540 1541
JP, Middlesex 1540
JP, Herefordshire 1540 1541
JP, Lancashire 1540
JP, Norfolk 1540
JP, Westmorland 1540
JP, Hampshire 1540
JP, Northumberland 1540
JP, Northamptonshire 1540
Steward of the Household, England 1540 -4 -13 1545 -08 -22
JP, Surrey 1540/1 1543
JP, Oxfordshire 1540/1
JP, Oxfordshire 1540/1 1542
JP, Berkshire 1540/1
JP, Derbyshire 1541
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1541/2
JP, Cumberland 1541/2
JP, Kent 1542 1543
JP, Rutland 1542 1543
JP, Warwickshire 1542
JP, Gloucestershire 1542
JP, Hampshire 1542
JP, Bedfordshire 1542 1543
JP, Buckinghamshire 1542 1543
JP, Norfolk 1542 1543
JP, Cambridgeshire 1542
JP, Lincolnshire 1542 1544
JP, Worcestershire 1542
Warden, Marches towards Scotland 1542 -8
JP, Herefordshire 1542/3
JP, Monmouthshire 1542/3 1544
JP, Nottinghamshire 1542/3
JP, Shropshire 1542/3
JP, Suffolk 1542/3 1544
JP, Cheshire 1542/3
JP, Devon 1542/3 1544
JP, Wiltshire 1542/3
JP, Derbyshire 1542/3 1545
JP, Berkshire 1542/3 1544
JP, Staffordshire 1543 1544
JP, Somerset 1543 1544
JP, Middlesex 1543 1544
JP, Hertfordshire 1543
JP, Northamptonshire 1543
JP, Sussex 1543/4 1545
JP, Leicestershire 1543/4
JP, Huntingdonshire 1543/4
JP, Cornwall 1543/4
JP, Gloucestershire 1543/4
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1543/4 1545
JP, Warwickshire 1543/4 1545
JP, Worcestershire 1543/4
JP, Oxfordshire 1544 1545
JP, Essex 1544
JP, Cambridgeshire 1544
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1544/5
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1544/5
Capt-gen, Southampton 1545 -6 -14
Capt-gen, Kent 1545 -6 -14
Capt-gen, Sussex 1545 -6 -14
Commissioner of Array, Hampshire 1545
Commissioner of Array, Berkshire 1545
Commissioner of Array, Worcestershire 1545 -6 -14
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1545 -6 -14
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1545
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1545
Commissioner of Array, Oxfordshire 1545
Commissioner of Array, Middlesex 1545
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1545
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1545
Commissioner of Array, Buckinghamshire 1545
Lieut, Southampton 1545 -6 -14
Lieut, Sussex 1545 -6 -14
Lieut, Kent 1545 -6 -14

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Essex
  • Lincolnshire
  • Norfolk
  • Northamptonshire
  • Rutland
  • Suffolk
  • Wiltshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Suffolk's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Suffolk's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Abbot's House, Bardney, Bardney, Lincolnshire Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Drapers' Hall, London, London (city-county) Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Drapers' Hall, London, London (city-county) Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - St James' Church, Louth, Lincolnshire Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Mr Baker's, Folkestone, Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Mr Alsap's Tavern, Ludlow, Shropshire Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance - Crowle Manor House, near Worcester, Worcestershire Duke of Suffolk's Trumpeters
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Suffolk's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward/s Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward/s Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward/s Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Minstrels Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Suffolk's Minstrels Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Suffolk's Minstrels Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Suffolk's Minstrels Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Suffolk's Interluders Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Trumpeters Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Musicians 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Earl of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Minstrel Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Suffolk's Minstrel Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Suffolk's Minstrel Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearwards Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearwards Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearwards Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearwards Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearwards Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Bearwards Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 1
Duke of Suffolk's Juggler/s Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Acrobats/Physical Feats 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Grimsthorpe Castle Lincolnshire Private Residence
Suffolk Place Surrey Private Residence
Tattershall Castle Lincolnshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.